Malawians demand heads of Police and Stadium management heads over fatal stampede
Malawians have called for heads to roll at Malawi Police Service and for a proper inquiry to be conducted following Thursday’s stampede which left at least 8 dead and scores injured.
According to reports, the tragedy at Bingu National Stadium was caused by the police as they fired teargas at people who wanted to gain access into the stadium to be part of Malawi’s Independence Day celebrations.
Commenters on Malawi24 stories on the tragedy said that organizers could have done better in managing the event with many noting that the stadium management did not only delay in opening the gates but also erred by opening only two gates.
One commenter named Wilson Shamie said people arrived at the stadium as early as 5 AM but the police prevented them from entering into the stadium.
“Thousands gathered outside and at 9 AM they (police) opened the gate expecting thousands to enter peacefully at the opened gate, results are death of poor innocent people which is all due to poor planning and organising,” he said.
While James Amuje Chunda chipped in saying: “I thought the stadium is the biggest in Malawi and could be having a lot of entrances, why didn’t they just open all gates and let people flood in instead of teargasing them. This is police cruelty and brutality.”
Other readers said the police should be held responsible for the deaths since they ignited the chaos by firing teargas at the crowd which had lined up to enter the stadium.
“A police onse anali ku stadium ko (All police officers who were at the stadium) must be arrested for causing death of innocent kids and an adult. Pasakhaleso zokambirana,” said Omega Bema.
While Jostino Mnthambala said: It is high time our police is trained in crowd control skills apart from using teargas. Our police is obsessed with teargas as a means of controlling crowds.”
Following the tragedy, the planned celebrations went on and the last activity was a football match between Silver Strikers and Nyasa Big Bullets. But Malawians felt the celebrations should have been cancelled to mourn the dead.
“Cancel the event forthwith,” said Richard Clarence Longwe. “It’s not a celebration anymore but a national tragedy.”
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The thing is why they were opening late as, if it is they were tickets to get in? The problm mst go to the one who ordered the police to do so!
RIP
Heading mwati chani???
Iiiiiiiiiii choyamba ndipepese a malawi anzarhu omwe ataya abale pangoziyi. Imfa ndi yowawa maka ya ngozi . Apa tingathe kunena zambiri koma taonani afa ambiri ndi ana omwe kuthawa kunawavuta abale pepani tiwaganizire anzathu omwe ataya ana kapena abale awo pamene tikuika ndemanga chonde.
Zinali ngat kuza gulu ya mapassangers kuti min bus ndyaulere tiyen kweran Osasamala za Capacity!! Whether it was free of Charge Or Not but giving advance ticket Is the best Solution To The Capacity Exceedings..POOR Managements
Kodi apolice inu ku training mumaphunzilako za ma teagas eti?Inuyo kuziwa kuphulitsa mateagas pali ana sichoncho?.Ena akutilanda nyanja uko,ngati mumaziwa kuphulitsa mateagas osapita komwe akutilanda nyanjako bwa?.Chimene muziwa inu ndimatama kuphulitsa pagulu pali ana sichoncho.Ife tikudikira tione zomwe apange amene mukuti ndimabwana anuwo,popeza mumapanga iwo alipompo.Apolice inu ngati mumatengj malamulo m’manja mwanumo,tsiku lina nafe tizatenga m’manja mwathumu,muzatimva kuwawa.Ana osalakwa lero kutaya miyoyo yao chifukwa chainu amene mukuti ndinu apolice.R.I.P.
blame game. kkkkkk ku Malawi
koma inu eish
I believe that each n every malawian has an obligation to conduct himself or herself in amanner that is likely to preserve peace safety should be apriority to each n every citizen Police should just complement our efforts.if. not then police will always be blamed for everything that goes out of order.Remember police officer are our own sons n daughters they are also citizens of our nation n have also responsibilities in their families y do you wish them bad No lets love one another.together. we can workout astrategy to prevent this kind of tragedy.
Stadium stampedes, roofs of stadiums ,stands ,security fences ,podiums falling in are common through out the world,preventive measures are a solution,
Kod police simabvuta kucitidwa blame et,bvuto limenero lingakhalevla a police?
Ana aang’ono ngati amene aja amakatani Ku stadium??? Mai awo anali kuti?? Ndiudindo wathu makolo kusamala ndi kuteteza ana athu, a police sangatisamalire ana
Somebody get me in line pliz! enafe we didnt manage to be there.. . u mean kuti anthu anabwera in attendance of the ceremonial activities and nthawi yolowa itakwana the police scoped in and fired some teargas To the crowd? for what? Zinatani kweni-kweni?
They have committed murder and they definitely have to answer for that
The best you can do Raymond is just to shut your mouth……
Mmmm,, mmm,mm
and u r weting the dy of judgement yet u know de truth …and u about 2 tel us that u nid de witnesses and lawyer 4 de same case ….MWs mark my words de case will take about years yet they konw beta wat happened….may their soul rest in peace and wishing others well recover Chiso Wa Ness Govat